Describing the Shaykhs and praising them with what is known of them
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The questioner:
A person wants to know about one of the Shaykhs, for example, a person wants to know about one of the Shaykhs and says, for example, "This Shaykh" or "That second Shaykh." Is there any impropriety in this? A thousand.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He wants to describe one of the Shaykhs to someone and says, "This is the Shaykh of so-and-so" or "So-and-so is the Shaykh of so-and-so."
The Shaykh:
He mentions what he knows about him.
The questioner:
The word "this" is a lack of proper conduct.
The Shaykh:
Customers.
The questioner:
There is no opinion.
The Shaykh:
What is wrong with you, O Shaykh? What is the problem with you?
The questioner:
By Allah, one of the young men says that this is a lack of proper conduct.
The Shaykh:
I said, it is not our concern.
The questioner:
I mean, the word, that this Shaykh, this particular Shaykh.
Another questioner:
You are young, O men.
The questioner:
This word and so on.
The Shaykh:
"This Shaykh" is a description for him; he loves good, he studies in such and such, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner:
Or his knowledge is such and such, or his understanding is such and such, there is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh:
Praise with faith is recommended; praise for the sake of the face is leaving these [matters] for something minor.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
A person wants to know about one of the Shaykhs, for example, a person wants to know about one of the Shaykhs and says, for example, "This Shaykh" or "That second Shaykh." Is there any impropriety in this? A thousand.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He wants to describe one of the Shaykhs to someone and says, "This is the Shaykh of so-and-so" or "So-and-so is the Shaykh of so-and-so."
The Shaykh:
He mentions what he knows about him.
The questioner:
The word "this" is a lack of proper conduct.
The Shaykh:
Customers.
The questioner:
There is no opinion.
The Shaykh:
What is wrong with you, O Shaykh? What is the problem with you?
The questioner:
By Allah, one of the young men says that this is a lack of proper conduct.
The Shaykh:
I said, it is not our concern.
The questioner:
I mean, the word, that this Shaykh, this particular Shaykh.
Another questioner:
You are young, O men.
The questioner:
This word and so on.
The Shaykh:
"This Shaykh" is a description for him; he loves good, he studies in such and such, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner:
Or his knowledge is such and such, or his understanding is such and such, there is nothing wrong with it.
The Shaykh:
Praise with faith is recommended; praise for the sake of the face is leaving these [matters] for something minor.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع الشيخ ابن باز - ٢٩-٧-١٤١٧ هـ — archive.org (3:47)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.
